Articles and Reviews by Jennifer Beam
3D Brick Breaker Revolution by Digital Chocolate is a completely modern take on the classic Breakout genre, complete with 3D graphics, bonus levels, boss levels and some very cool power ups. I have actually had the Lite version of 3D Brick Breaker Revolution on my device for quite some time, but with the full version [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.5/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Games
The Cuddlies - Contrary to what many people think, I really do like cute and cuddly things. I have a slight aversion to excessively cute and cuddly things and I do think it’s a challenge for game developers on any platform to incorporate “cute” into a game without limiting its fan base. Right off the bat, [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.0/5 | Category: Games
As far as match-three, compounding block games go, The Game Creators, developers of Touch & Go!, seem to have gotten a "feel" for the genre. Sure, Touch & Go! is a game based on a redundant concept, but there is nothing redundant about the interface, which is ultimately what enables this app to lend an air of [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Games
PhotoList by Raisix Inc., makers of ColorMatch, is a photo storage app that allows users to organize, rate, and view their photos according to any filing or sorting system desired. The ability to customize album or file names and add additional tags to individual photos proves useful to those with multiple photos stored on their [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.0/5 | Category: Photo & Video

Mobicip Safe Browser - Access to the Internet proves useful in so many different situations, especially mobile access. For kids, mobile Internet access can prove both a learning and entertainment tool, but unfortunately, unrestricted access to the Internet is a dangerous prospect for kids. As a parent, I know the struggle that comes from trying [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Best Free Apps, Utilities

If you’re a word game fan and have never played Pop Cap Games’ Bookworm online, then check out Bookworm in the App Store. From the same developers that brought us Bejeweled, Bookworm is by far one of the best search and create word games around and having it available for iPhone and iPod touch is pretty [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.5/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Games
Get this — the MP in MP Solitaire stands for "multi-player," which come on, is a bit paradoxical. After all, you can’t play a game that was designed to be played alone with other people, right? Apparently you can. MP Solitaire features three different card games, including the traditional version of solitaire, but throws in a twist [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Games
Very similar to Arcade Bowling, 10 Balls 7 Cups is an arcade-style skeeball game for your iPhone or iPod touch. Displaying on the screen as a wooden alley with the traditional seven target cups or rings of varying point values, 10 Balls 7 Cups replicates the arcade classic very well and frankly, is a buck [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Games
TigerBeat3D is a sidekick app that goes along with this month’s issue of Tiger Beat Magazine, which, for all you post-adolescent readers, is like a cross between People Magazine and Star Magazine for kids. Aimed primarily at tween and young teen girls, Tiger Beat Magazine features celebrity photos, gossip and news. The April 2009 issue [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Entertainment
Recently released by Amidio, the same developer who delivered the popular synth app Noise.io Pro, Star Guitar is a full-function guitar app that lets you play, record, and export files of the music you create. Since I do not know how to play the guitar (not even one chord), it would be unfair for me to [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Music

While I truly do not understand the fascination with sound effect apps, PopOff is yet another sound app with a name that implying its purpose — it's a collection of random sounds you can “pop off.” Though I prefer to use my device for productivity, gaming, and music entertainment, I alone do not make up [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Best Free Apps, Entertainment

Similar to, yet uniquely different from Rolando, Rasta Monkey is a 2-D, side-scrolling platformer brought to us by Nitako that utilizes responsive touch control to maneuver a super-cool little monkey from tree to tree as he collects fruit to satisfy his Da’s fruit smoothie craving. Set against a colorful background and a super-catchy Rastafarian beat, Rasta [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Best Free Apps, Games
In line with other apps that let you create cards with photos, Lifecards by Vivid Apps puts postcard-making software on your iPhone that allows you to insert up to four images, add text, and then save and email as a photo attachment. Lifecards supplies 20 different themes ranging from “beach” to “winter,” each with several [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Photo & Video
If you have kids, then you are probably more than aware of the latest Dreamworks Animation movie, Monsters vs. Aliens, about to hit theaters. The movie is an animated comedy, featuring the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen, about a girl who turns into a giant and teams up with [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Entertainment

Available in the App Store from Softalk Ltd., Memory Stick turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a portable drive for file sharing between computers. Functioning entirely on WiFi connectivity, Memory Stick is only going to work on WiFi networks — an aspect that could be misleading based upon Memory Stick’s icon and name. In [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Productivity
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